Indian Air force

With 6.5% of women participation, Indian Navy has recorded highest participation of women among all three services. The information provided by Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik in Rajya Sabha on February 8 added that the Army and Air Force has 0.56% and 1.08% females respectively. He also said that the women in defence forces increased during 2020. Recently, the government has also sanctioned 1,700 women in the Military Police Corps… read-more

American aircraft maker Boeing is free to supply its F-15EX fighter jets to the Indian air force as the former has been licensed by the US government. The company is officially in the race with Sweden's Gripen and France's Rafale to fulfil India's forage of 114 multi-role aircraft. An official from Boeing said, "the marketing licence it allows us to talk to the Indian Air Force directly about the capability of the fighter."

Indian Air Force on January 18 stated the flypast of Republic Day parade would feature the newly-inducted fighter aircraft Rafale. The IAF Wing Commander Indranil Nandi said, “The flypast will culminate with a single Rafale aircraft carrying out a ‘Vertical Charlie’ formation." In the aerobatic exercise, the aircraft pulls up vertically and rolls down until reaches normal height. Reportedly, IAF’s 38 aircraft and Indian's Army's four planes… read-more

Garima Abrol, wife of late Squadron leader Samir Abrol, is all set to join the Indian Air Force as a flying officer. Garima passed out from the Air Force Academy on December 19. Samir, who was a squadron leader in the IAF, lost his life on February 1, 2019, when his Mirage 2000 trainer fighter aircraft crashed in Yamalur, Bengaluru. His co-test pilot, Squadron leader Siddhartha Negi, had also died in the accident.

Indian government is considering to purchase six Airbus 330 multi-role aircrafts and air refuellers from France to improve striking capabilities of Indian Air Force. The aircrafts can function as transporters, tankers and air ambulances all at once. The proposal specifies the sale of older aircrafts to IAF at lower prices with a 30-year-long platform life certification. Currently, India uses Russian IL-76 M refueller.